Chamber hears potato report on high value crops
Newton Chamber of Commerce agri business committee learns extension estimates for potato profitability in Harvey County. Kenneth Albright and Kenneth McReynolds say 17 500 pounds per acre at about 4 30 per hundred could break even with 50 hours labor and 738 50 per acre storage/production costs.
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Newton Chamber of Commerce
Kenneth B. Albright
Kenneth L. McReynolds
Hutchinson
C. of C
Kansas State University
Wichita
Harvey County
Unemployment Challenge Shapes Carter Economic Plan
President-elect Carter faces a higher jobless rate at 8.1 percent in November, complicating a 6.5 percent unemployment goal for 1977. Aides say more work is needed, with tax cuts or jobs programs under discussion, while Bert Lance takes a key economic role and steel price tensions rise.
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Washington
Carter
Jerry Jasinowski
Plains
Atlanta
Thomas Bertram
Bert’ Lance
Office of Management and Budget
Lance
Labor Department
Fatzer not seen drunk by Grapevine justice of the peace
Justice of the Peace Floyd Gray says Kansas Chief Justice Harold Fatzer did not appear drunk after a Nov. 21 airport incident. Gray declined to confirm charges or proceedings and said Fatzer never was jailed. Kansas Atty. Gen. Curt Schneider urged House inquiry but had no plan to probe.
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Grapevine
Tex
Kansas
Harold Fatzer
Dallas-Ft. Worth
Fatzer
Justice of the Peace
Floyd Gray
Gray
Curt Schneider
State House
Schneider
House
Grinch Steals Roof Speaker Supplying Newton Holiday Music
Newton police report the theft of a 21 inch loudspeaker from the J C Penney store roof. The unit, valued at 150 dollars, powered holiday music for a Chamber of Commerce project and was owned by Sizelove Real Estate Service.
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Chamber of Commerce
Sizelove Real Estate Service
Public auction delay over back-tax parcels questioned
Citizens ask why county properties offered for sale in December 1975 to settle back taxes have not yet been put up for sealed bid. County administrator Mel Gradert cites time needed to prepare invitations for bids and advertising. The six month rule is not mandatory but properties must not be sold in less than six months.
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Mel Gradert
Former Indiana state senator honored at dedicated middle school
Saturday Sidewalk Review notes Jesse Dickinson, a 1925 Newton High graduate, was honored in South Bend on November 21 as a new middle school was dedicated in his name. Dickinson, active in Indiana civic affairs, attended the ceremony and his recognition is highlighted amid local notices.
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Indiana
Jesse Dickinson
Newton High
South Bend
Dickinson
Blind pianist Corky Siebert charms Newton crowds with music
Sixteen paragraphs detail Corky Siebert a 26 year old blind pianist from Emporia who moved to Newton to pursue music. He plays piano organ and accordion with no formal lessons. He performs at churches nursing homes hospitals and clubs and practices at Guadalupe Church. He spent years at Kansas School for the Blind and worked at Geary County Hospital. He lives with the Gonzalez family and participates in Caring Place at Newton Activity Center. He has a twin brother, a sister in Aspen and another in Lawrence.
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Donald Philip
Corky
Siebert
Newton
Fred Gonzalez
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Fort Riley
Wichita
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
Kansas School For the Blind
Topeka
Elks Training School
Geary County Hospital
Junction City
Caring Place
Emporia
Benton
Aspen
Colo
Lawrence
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